must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran there's just the two of us and myself could cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it flipped if i can go to you first what drives american foreign policy towards iran very simple question maybe a complicated answer i think that what really drives american foreign policy toward iran is a post cold war determination on the part of the united states to dominate the middle east to to play hegemonic role in the middle east to micromanage political outcomes in key middle eastern states so that those states strategic orientation is subordinated to u.s. foreign policy preferences and the middle east has a regional order which is essentially run by the united states from that perspective the problem with the islamic republic of iran. is that it won't play along with this with this kind of hedge a monic ambition it's said it's very open to improved relations with the united states but that has to take place on the basis of equality and american acceptance of the islamic republic that's no

you mentioned through outside meddling and internal strife and also the rise of the of and wahhabi islam that is taking on a new bent and has begun to spread all over the middle east this is put tremendous fear into the christians we've seen it with the coptic so as well in in egypt now they're basically christians on the run matthew would you agree with that christians on the run so really leaving. no i would agree with that and i think it's particularly interesting that michael highlights the situation especially in lebanon where christians were very prominent in the civil war more importantly i think it's we should. discuss the role of the last ten years of american foreign policy where. where you know i think it should definitely be mentioned that adventures in iraq and afghanistan and also current policies are not exactly helping christians in their communities however well intended all foreign policy might be some of that was an understatement would you like to pick up on that. i think probably we can we can start by trying to look at the position of christians in the middle east t

elements both politically like the brotherhood and the moderate islamic militias that are on the ground because of course islam is going to have a huge role to play in i'm sorry assad in syria of this imperialism go ahead eric just jump in eric go ahead what's just been described with all due respect to the speaker is a standard definition of imperialism the united states or any other power does not have the right to dictate the way that things go in syria the destiny of syria's to be left to the syrian people and the fact that the united states when you get what you can process imperialism is foreign to that then you would say that the cutter reserve imperialists now they've been. some of these arab state recognizes certain internationally up held principles such as non intervention which is a basic principle in shrines in international law non intervention what you're advocating is exactly the opposite of that and it runs contrary to everything that we've known since world war two. i can i do gentlemen standing all right gentlemen i have to jump in here we have to go to a short break

situation there are a lot of people being killed probably more than one hundred religious leader of the islamic faith who is being killed and kidnapped while probably there are four or six christians. bishops there are too many even one is too many whether they're christians or muslims but what i'm trying to say is that the tourbillon situation is not geared against or pro the christians the whole region these countries are going through such a dramatic problems and invariably it is the external forces that is causing it you know michael they're just caught in the crosshairs because i said ok go ahead jump in go ahead matthew go ahead now i just a little bit of his opinion might be ok matthew jump in go ahead. i was just on our side as opinion on what's been going on in egypt where it seems that the arab spring resulted in a government that is less friendly to the domestic christian population in the current government and that didn't seem to be externally prompted all motivated do you want to react to that yes i would like to say to you that in fact i think this is really not correct because o

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needed to build its portion of the pipeline and there's another hurdle washington has threatened to slap islam abroad with sanctions over the project if this deal is finalized for a proposed iran pakistan pipeline it would raise serious concerns under our around sanctions act we've made that absolutely clear to our pakistani qana parts the americans are pushing for a rival plan for u.s. backed pipeline from turkmenistan instead the us opposition isn't the only hurdle realistically i don't think that's ever going to happen because if you look at the geopolitical you look at the forces that are opposed to it it's not just the united states that's opposed to it it's also saudi arabia it's also the it's also got the . new prime minister is. you know. at least historically has been i don't see the pakistan going through it remains to be seen whether the pipeline will be sidelined by geopolitics but for the people here there's little choice but to put up with the inconvenience and wait in line. r.t. pakistan. back with more news after a short break stay with r.t. . i would rather ask questions for p

also failing miserably ok michael if i go back to you in istanbul a lot of people would say that the islamic politics is would put so many people off in turkey can you speak to that. yes actually enough of this assuming. basically. continue and so you know how much is profit but you don't need to say that either way if you just cited law. there is one god we are all the children of god there is no need for separate religions like catholics and protestants and what a lot of people on the ground where do they and i fortunately. have founder ok go ahead in london jump in. yet another factor has been actually that kurdish issue a lot of people in turkey have perceived it or viewed it as owed to gun him so since he has done all of our goal to actually become again and he has sold out or made concessions to the terrorists that is their peak in order to win them over to change that constitution to allow him to make changes that will in the long run how can all the cards that kurdish cards and we've seen him play an instrumental role in actually breaking up the alliance between the kurds that the re

the vast majority of american muslims you know or this kind of stuff you know with they will say look islam is a religion of peace do you buy that you know they go you know there's a p.c. over there there's a p.c. over there there's a p.c. over there he recites this type of rhetoric. and when gets the time to bring up to build the hypocrisy of extremism is found across all religions he quickly shuts down the debate with some army smug attitude and calls it nothing more than the liberal b.s. in fact he's even gone as far as saying that quote most muslims think it's ok to kill someone if they insult the prophet and that's a big problem that's a clash of civilizations really bill most muslims around the world support killing human beings of the prophet muhammad criticized. but i guess is anti muslim stance makes more sense when you hear what he has to say about palestine and op ed for the huffington post he wrote that quote six hundred thousand palestinian refugees should have been more mature enough to move on the way the jews did yeah did palestinians just need to grow up they need to waltz